The National Park Service, Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program announced it is offering a cost-share grant season in 2021. These grants can assist with preservation planning, National Register nominations, preservation and rehabilitation work on eligible historic sites, as well as research and educational outreach initiatives.

The USDA is accepting applications for the 2021 Value-Added Producer Grant (VAPG) program. The VAPG program helps agricultural producers enter into value-added activities related to the processing and marketing of new products. Join dozens of other tribes who are selling their products in their own outlets and to other retailers.

The National Park Service Historic Preservation Fund is now accepting applications for Tribal Historic Preservation Offices (THPO). Historic sites and buildings hold special interest to visitors.

The USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture Community Food Projects Competitive Grant Program is accepting applications for the development and/or implementation of community food projects that fight food insecurity and promote self-

The Western Arts Alliance is accepting applications for its 2021 AIP Native Launchpad Award. Each awardee will receive direct financial and travel support, mentoring/coaching, professional development, and promotional benefits, valued at $40,000, over three years. Share this opportunity with your tribal dance groups or performers. 

Deadline: 5/4/21

The Institute of Museum and Library Services is now accepting applications for Native American Library Services Enhancement grants. Libraries can become a part of your tourism program, a center for promoting local businesses and events and a place for visitors to relax.

The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Partnership Program is seeking proposals to fund up to $75 million in new, unique projects under the Regional Conservation Partnership Program’s (RCPP) Alternative Funding Arrangements (AFA). The USDA will prioritize projects related to climate smart agriculture and forestry. Want to know more about smart farming, click here.

The USDA Rural Development's Business & Industry (B&I) CARES Act Program is making available up to $1 billion in loan guarantees to help rural tourism businesses meet their working capital needs.

The National Park Service, Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program announced it is offering a cost-share grant season in 2021. These grants can assist with preservation planning, National Register nominations, preservation and rehabilitation work on eligible historic sites, as well as research and educational outreach initiatives. Assistance is also provided to support research, planning, oral history, and educational outreach projects related to the preservation of Route 66.

For more information, contact Kaisa Barthuli, Program Manager, Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program at (505) 988-6701 or Kaisa_barthuli@nps.gov.

The USDA is accepting applications for the 2021 Value-Added Producer Grant (VAPG) program. The VAPG program helps agricultural producers enter into value-added activities related to the processing and marketing of new products. The goals of this program are to generate new products, create and expand marketing opportunities and increase producer income.

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For more information, visit rd.usda.gov.

The National Park Service is now accepting applications for $70.7 million in State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) and Tribal Historic Preservation Office (THPO) annual apportioned grants from the Historic Preservation Fund. Administered by the NPS, these funds are appropriated annually by Congress.

For more information, visit grants.gov or contact Megan Brown at STLPG@nps.gov.

The USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture Community Food Projects Competitive Grant Program (CFPCGP) is accepting applications for projects that fight food insecurity through developing community food projects that help promote the self-sufficiency of low-income communities.

NIFA's Community Food Projects (CFP) is funding two types of grants:

For more information, visit www.nifa.usda.gov. Read the abstracts of previously funded programs (including several tribal programs) at Read the Abstracts.

The Western Arts Alliance is accepting applications for its 2021 AIP Native Launchpad Award. Each awardee will receive direct financial and travel support, mentoring/coaching, professional development, and promotional benefits, valued at $40,000, over three years.

For more information, visit www.westarts.org.

Native American Library Services Enhancement grants advance the programs and services of eligible Indian tribes, including Alaska Native villages, regional corporations and village corporations. They are competitive grants of up to $150,000 for two years and are available to any tribe, village, corporation or regional corporation.

For more information, visit imls.gov or contact Program Specialists, Sarah Boonie at (202) 653-4761 or sboonie@imls.gov or Maeve Coudrelle at (202) 653-4715 or mcoudrelle@imls.gov.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Resource Conservation Service is seeking proposals to fund up to $75 million in new projects under the Regional Conservation Partnership Program’s (RCPP) Alternative Funding Arrangements (AFA) that take innovative and non-traditional approaches to conservation solutions. In making selections, the NRCS will prioritize projects related to climate smart agriculture and forestry.

For more information contact FPAC.BC.Press@usda.gov or visit www.nrcs.usda.gov.

The USDA Rural Development's Business & Industry (B&I) CARES Act Program is making up to $1 billion available to help rural businesses meet their working capital needs during the current coronavirus pandemic.

The Agency will consider applications in the order they are received and will distribute CARES Act funds on a first-come, first-served basis.

View recorded webinars for businesses and producers or contact Mark Brodziski, Acting Administrator, Rural Business and Cooperative Service, Rural Development at mark.brodziski@usda.gov or (202) 205–0903.

The National Endowment of the Arts will be hosting a Nation-to-Nation consultation on Wednesday, April 7, 2021. In response to President Biden’s Memorandum on Tribal Consultation and Strengthening Nation-to-Nation Relationships which reaffirms Executive Order 13175, the consultation will be a conversation between the National Endowment for the Arts and elected tribal officials (or their designees). All sitting Presidents/Governors of federally recognized tribes have been invited to attend.